A young boy was beaten to death in Delhi’s Jahangipuri area and three people have been apprehended in connection with the murder, police said. The deceased has been identified as Kaif. He was returning home in the evening when a group of people first dragged him to Jahangirpuri C-block and beat him up […]
Delhi: 1 held after scuffle breaks out between 2 groups in Jahangirpuri
Delhi Police arrested one person after a scuffle broke out between two groups over some financial dispute in the Jahangirpuri area on Sunday night. A police official said that a PCR call was received regarding stone-pelting in Jahangirpuri at around 7:43 p.m. After which a police team immediately reached the spot and […]
Two arrested in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri for pelting stones, damaging vehicles
Delhi Police arrested two people for allegedly pelting stones in which glasses of vehicles were damaged in the Jahangirpuri area on Tuesday. An incident of quarrelling and stone-pelting was reported at Mahendra Park police station on Tuesday. During the incident, the glasses of three vehicles were damaged. Police scanned the […]
5-member panel of Samajwadi Party to visit Jahangirpuri
A five-member delegation of the Samajwadi Party will visit the Jahangirpuri area in the national capital on Friday, where the demolition drive was carried out by the civic body. According to the official statement, the committee will investigate the matter and submit the report to the Samajwadi Party’s Central Office. […]
Congress group reaches Jahangirpuri to meet families affected by demolition drive
A group of Congress leaders, including general secretary Ajay Maken, on Thursday, reached Delhi’s Jahangirpuri to meet the families affected by yesterday’s demolition drive in the area.The delegation will submit a report to the party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi, said a member of the 16-member group. “We have come to […]
TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha calls for strict action against culprits involved in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri incident
TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday asked the concerned authorities to take strict action against the culprits involved in the national capital’s Jahangirpuri violence incident. Trinamool Congress leader said, “Such kind of incidents, like the one in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, should not take place. Strict action should be taken against the culprits.” “All […]
Jahangirpuri: Brinda Karat calls demolition drive unconstitutional
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Brinda Karat on Wednesday called the BJP-ruled civic body’s demolition drive in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri unconstitutional. After the demolition drive was halted following the Supreme Court order, the CPI(M) leader urged the people to maintain peace and harmony in the area. “Demolition drive has stopped. […]
Delhi Police claim situation in Jahangirpuri ‘totally under control’
Delhi Police on Wednesday said that the situation in Jahangirpuri is totally under control and peaceful. Reacting to the Supreme Court’s order for status quo in the area where the North Delhi Municipal Corporation was to carry out a demolition drive, the Special CP Dependra Pathak said, “Let the civic […]
Supreme Court halts demolition drive in Delhi’s violence-hit Jahangirpuri, orders ‘status quo’
Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered to maintain a “status-quo” on the demolition drive conducted by North Delhi Municipal Corporation in Jahangirpuri in the national capital. The court said it will hear tomorrow the petition challenging the special joint encroachment removal programme in Jahangirpuri of the civic bodies including the NDMC […]
NDMC to follow SC’s status-quo order on demolition drive in Jahangirpuri
Amid the Jahangirpuri violence, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the demolition drive of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), with its mayor Raja Iqbal Singh saying that the direction of the apex court would be followed. “We will follow the Supreme Court order and take action […]
Delhi Police inspects violence-hit Jahangirpuri ahead of civic body’s eviction drive today
Ahead of the anti-encroachment drive on Wednesday in Delhi’s violence-hit Jahangirpuri area, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North West, Usha Rangnani along with other police personnel inspected the area. Delhi Police personnel took stock of the situation in Jahangirpuri which witnessed violence on April 16 during a religious procession. Bharatiya […]
Police deployment continues in New Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area
Police deployment on Tuesday continued in the Jahangirpuri area in New Delhi. Following violence erupted in the area on Saturday during a religious procession on Hanuman Jayanti, April 16, police have been deployed in the area since then. An altercation between two groups erupted during a religious procession in Jahangirpuri […]